Critic Reviews

Last Days (2005) Movie Reviews

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based on (216) reviews

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Excellent

(30)

Very Good

(125)

Good

(44)

Fair

(14)

Poor

(3)

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L.A. Weekly (Ella Taylor)

Van Sant's startlingly beautiful and original film serves precisely to rescue Cobain from the clutches of the mawkish biopic that, sooner or later, will be made about him....read the complete Last Days (2005) review at L.A. Weekly (Ella Taylor)

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Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)

It's an experimental film about a sensational event, placing tragedy in the context of the dulling normality of human life and resisting easy interpretation, just as did the inexplicable death of Kurt Cobain....read the complete Last Days (2005) review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)

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Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)

Van Sant uses Cobain's image for a portrait of physical and moral disintegration, but he also exhilarates us with his mastery of image and sound....read the complete Last Days (2005) review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)

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Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

A film about a junkie rock musician, played by Michael Pitt at his most narcissistic, doing nothing in particular for the better part of 97 minutes isn't my idea of either a good time or a serious endeavor....read the complete Last Days (2005) review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)